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...funds are wasted in what are called "prize-fellowships." Unfortunately the land revenues of the colleges have suffered from the competition of Western America, and money is wanting to carry out some of the most desirable improvements. Broadly considered, the advantages of English university education may be said to consist in the combination of college and university life. The Scotch universities afford efficient class teaching; the German universities give the fullest instruction by professional lectures; the English universities excel in social advantages and in opportunities for forming valuable friendships. The excessive development of their examination system has certainly injured their...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENGLISH UNIVERSITIES. | 3/13/1882 | See Source »

...between '84 and '85 the team from '84 will be composed of Walker, Bryant, LeMoyne and Kemp (anchor); '85 will consist of Homans, H. Clark, Baldwin and Bradford (anchor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LIST OF ENTRIES FOR TODAY'S ATHLETIC MEETING. | 3/11/1882 | See Source »

...cleats, with the end of the rope passed around a padded belt worn by the anchor; but, as in every game there are points, so in the tug-of-war there are tricks for gaining a fair advantage, used by the participants. The present tug-of-war team consists of four men, each man having the advantage of a thick cleat which is fastened to the floor. The ribbon is started at a point midway between the two teams, each side pulling for ten minutes, according to the Mott Haven rules, and at the end of that time the team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TUGS-OF-WAR. | 3/10/1882 | See Source »

...board of directors is to consist of a president, treasurer, and one director each from each college class - one from the Divinity School, one from the Episcopal Theological School, one from the faculty, and two from the Law School...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/2/1882 | See Source »

...this a College? Yes, this is a Gall-age (pat. applied for). What does a College consist of? A Gym-na-si-um, a Fac-ul-ty and An E-lec-tive Sys-tem. Is the College rich? No, the College is poor, So poor that it can-not Provide Chairs for its Professors and So they are obliged to Sit on the Students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 3/1/1882 | See Source »

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